{"id":12950,"date":"2011-04-27T00:25:56","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T00:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins-wp\/pingchecker\/"},"modified":"2011-07-07T13:56:49","modified_gmt":"2011-07-07T13:56:49","slug":"pingchecker","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/pingchecker\/","author":1489579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","version":"1.2.0","stable_tag":"1.2.0","tested":"3.1.4","requires":"2.6","requires_php":"","requires_plugins":"","header_name":"Pingchecker","header_author":"Tony Hayes","header_description":"","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2011-07-07 13:56:49","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"http:\/\/pingbackpro.com\/pingchecker\/","header_plugin_uri":"http:\/\/pingbackpro.com\/pingchecker\/","header_author_uri":"http:\/\/pingbackpro.com\/","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":10,"downloads":3893,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":{"1.1.0":"

Major update to include the new workaround for the XML RPC server bug, improving your ping success rate.<\/p>"},"ratings":{"1":0,"2":0,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0},"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0.0","1.1.0","1.2.0"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":{"1":"screenshot-1.png is a screenshot of the Pingchecker interface."},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[7630,2454,3026,49033,6095],"plugin_category":[44,55],"plugin_contributors":[81674],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-12950","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-backlink","plugin_tags-ping","plugin_tags-pingback","plugin_tags-pingchecker","plugin_tags-trackback","plugin_category-discussion-and-community","plugin_category-seo-and-marketing","plugin_contributors-majick777","plugin_committers-majick"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/pingchecker.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"\n

Pingchecker is a free plugin for WordPress that allows you to scan your post's content for\nlinks, check the pingability of those resources you've linked to, and manually ping those \npages. This improves upon the inbuilt fuctionality of WordPress by allowing you to receive \nthe results of your attempted pings whereas WordPress doesn't. (With WordPress your ping \neither appears in the trackback list or it doesn't, with no explanation or error codes.)<\/p>\n\n

Also included is a workaround for a bug in the Wordpress XML RPC server that prevents many\nof your pingbacks from succeeding without you even knowing about it! When you ping another \nblogs server, it will check the page you linked, BUT because of this bug, sometimes it can't \nfind the link at all. This workaround adds a hidden div to your footer with your links so \nthey can be found, greatly improving your chances of a successful ping.<\/p>\n\n

Recommended Use<\/h3>\n\n
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  1. Before publishing your post, use Pingchecker to check the pingability of the resources \nyou are linking to. If they aren't, you may wish to choose alternative similar resources \nthat are pingable instead.<\/li>\n
  2. Then, publish your post and WordPress will attempt to ping the resources automatically \nas it normally would. Check the trackback list under your content box to see if your ping \nwas successful as usual.<\/li>\n
  3. If the new trackback\/pingback does not appear, use Pingchecker to ping the resource \ninstead. The results of your attempted pings will be returned in an alert box.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    The XML RPC Server Bug Workaround<\/h3>\n\n

    While working on this plugin I noticed a large occurrence of the pingback fault 17:\n\"The source URL does not contain a link to the target URL, and so cannot be used as a source.\"\nA really frustrating message given you are sending a pingback because the source DOES contain\na link to the target, yes? Might I point out that very few Wordpress users are aware of this \neven happening because nowhere does Wordpress actually return you these fault codes..!<\/p>\n\n

    Well, after a bit of testing I found the bug seems to be in the XML RPC server code for \nWordpress, specifically the strip_tags function in PHP is just not reliable enough for getting\nanchor links on the variety of Wordpress templates out there (IMHO). (Line 3422 in WP3.1)<\/p>\n\n

    Unfortunately, since the bug is in the server code itself, you can't fix it on someone elses\nblog can you? That's why this is a workaround instead. The Pingchecker workaround will scan\nyour post content for links using regex instead, then echo a hidden div element containing\nall the links (with an added nofollow tag so you aren't linking twice) in your blogs footer,\nwhich is picked up much more easily by the strip_tags function in use by the server.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    1. Upload 'pingchecker.php' to the '\/wp-content\/plugins\/' directory.<\/li>\n
    2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n
    3. Use the Pingchecker box on your post writing screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
      \n
      What do the pingback error codes mean?<\/dt>\n

      While some of the pingback error codes are self-explanatory, others can be a little confusing.\nThere is a list of fault codes and some suggestions here:\nhttp:\/\/pingbackpro.com\/support\/#faultcodes<\/p><\/dd>\n

      What if the resource I am linking to isn't pingeable?<\/dt>\n

      Unfortunately there isn't a great deal you can do about this, apart from sending an email\nto the owner of the blog you are pinging, you could try to find a similar resource that\nis pingeable.<\/p><\/dd>\n

      Will installing this plugin improve the success of my pings?<\/dt>\n

      Yes, actually. Pingchecker includes a workaround for a bug in the Wordpress XML RPC server that\ncan frequently return pingback fault 17, which basically says your post doesn't contain a link \nwhen it really does. A hidden div element is added to page containing the links in your post \nwhich makes them easier to find by the server code, allowing more pings to succeed.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

      1.2.0<\/h4>\n\n
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      • Added the ability to check for pingback approvals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        1.1.0<\/h4>\n\n
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        • Fixes a major Wordpress XML RPC server bug with a workaround. See Note.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n
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          • Pingchecker Plugin released. WOOHOO!<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Scans post for links, checks if they are pingeable and sends pingbacks with results returned, improves chances of successful pings!","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/12950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12950"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/majick"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=12950"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=12950"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=12950"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=12950"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=12950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}